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ANTIBIOTICS-BASEL
Volume 11, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics11050568
Keywords
osteomyelitis; jaw; child; microbiology; MALDI-TOF analysis; case report
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This is a case report of a 15-year-old girl diagnosed with primary chronic osteomyelitis of the jaw. The diagnosis was confirmed through clinical examination, histopathological examination, and imaging modalities. After 6 months of antibiotic therapy, the disease achieved complete remission, and no relapse was reported after a 2-year follow-up.
A 15-year-old girl with a history of recurrent painful orofacial swelling was diagnosed on the basis of clinical findings, histopathological examination and imaging modalities as having primary chronic osteomyelitis of the jaw. Initial microbiological samples were performed but were inconclusive. She received multiple empirical antibiotic therapies and NSAIDs for 3 years without complete remission. Only MALDI-TOF (Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization-Time Of Flight) analysis after additional multiple microbiological bone samples with adequate techniques yielded the final diagnosis of bacterial chronic osteomyelitis of the jaw. Its management requires a multidisciplinary approach, involving oral and maxillofacial surgeons, infectiologists and microbiologists, to limit treatment failure. Antibiotic therapy without surgery for 6 months achieved the complete radiographic resolution of the CBCT (Cone Beam Computed Tomography) and the normalization of laboratory tests. After 2 years of follow-up, no relapse had been reported. Modern microbiological investigation and sampling techniques are critical for the accurate diagnosis and management of osteomyelitis of the jaw, especially in unusual and clinically misleading forms of this infection.
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